In recent days, the issue of duplicate content is getting far more attention than it used to, sparking some enlightening discussions over at forums such as WebMasterWorld. For those out of the loop, duplicate content is primarily an SEO problem, where it is believed that search engines (SEs) penalize sites that contain too much duplicate […]
While randomly surfing the web recently, I came across an AdSense vertical link unit blended in a way I’ve never seen before. I’m not sure how unique it is to you since you could have either seen it (the site I found it on, Blogger Templates, is very popular) or done it before, but here’s […]
I’m a fan of three column themes since I feel they allow more space for navigation, categorisation and of course, advertising. But they have the downside of making your blog seem more cluttered than it should be, and have been rumored to have lower overall CTR (clickthrough rate) on adverts compared to two column themes.
Actually, […]
Yesterday, we talked about what minimalistic blog themes are, and how beneficial they can be. Today, we’ll look at their downsides - obvious as they may be to most bloggers.
They Just Aren’t Sexy
It’s very, very rare that a minimalistic blog theme comes out looking great, especially after bloggers dump all the usual “sidebar” stuff (or […]
Minimalistic themes were once known as the “poor” man’s solution to efficient blog design. Either that or you would have to be a plain text-obsessed maniac to implement a minimalistic theme. At that time, an efficient blog design was expected to not only be excellent in the accessibility context, but also be peppered with image […]
For most bloggers, when blog designing comes into the picture, one key question is always pondered upon: How many columns should my blog theme have, or rather, how many sidebars should it have? In the past (where past isn’t really that far back), most would answer either 1 or 2 sidebars, with perhaps a couple […]
Darren Rowse over at ProBlogger just wrote on the benefits of highlighting popular posts on one’s blog (after he noted a similar post by Stephan Spencer using ProBlogger’s top menus as an example). Just like how previous writings on this subject have tended to be, it’s an all benefits-type of post, which should normally be […]
I was studying up on moo.fx recently and came across some good tutorials, whether for beginners or intermediate web designers. For those that are unaware, moo.fx is a lightweight Javascript library that allows you to produce some really cool effects on your site/blog, e.g. real-time sliding content areas (i.e. drawers) or background-colour changing when someone […]
